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h @nini-r' gisten gat-tnt @frn B. J. ROMAINE, OF HAGKE-NSACK, NEWJERSEY. Letters Patent No. 70,271, dated October 29, 1867; antedated May1, 1867.

IMPROVED RAILROAD-GEAR.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

K Be it known that I, B. J. ROMAINE, of Hackensack, Bergen county, NewJersey, have invented a. new and improved Railroad-Chair; and I dohereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the-same, reference being had to the accom- -panying drawings,forming part of this specification, in whichl l l Figure 1 representsafside view of my improved railroad-chair, and

Figure 2 is a vertical eross-section-of the same, taken o n` the linezum, fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicutecorresponding parts. NThis 'invention re-latesto a new railroad-chair, which consists ofwrought-iron plates, beut'to enclose the sides of the rails, and restingupon two sleepers, being long enough to reaehbetween them. These platesextenddownwards below thev rail, and are held togetherand connected bymeans of bolts ,orscrews passing` through l these downward projections.vl

The advantage of-this chair or joint over those now in use is that'therails are not weakened by bolts passing through them; that the rails areirinly'supported and prevented from .jarring or shaking, but not fromexpanding and contracting. '.lhis ,chair can be applied to new rails aswell as to broken ones. A A are the ends ofv two rails which are to besupported by a chair. vThe joint is arranged about midway betweentwosleepers, as shown. 'C C are two wrought-iron plates, of which one issecuredon either side ofthe rail. Each of these plates is bent aroundthe side of the rail, so as tolle Hush against the rail, Yand is bentaround the lower edge,and1aid underneath a portion ofthe bottom of' therail, as shown.V The rails are thus well clasped by .these plates. Fromthe bottom of the rails these plates are heut downward in ai verticalvdirection, (see fig. 2,) to receive the bolts a, *bywhich these lowerparts are clamped together. Thee-loser they are drawn together by thebolts the more will the plates press against the under side ofthe rails,and the said rails will thus be completely supported. The ends oftheplatesrest upon the sleepersB B,A as shown in fig. 1. The bolts a a areprovided with n uts b, and elastic washers c,'as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, und desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- The wrought-iron plates C upon each-sideofthe rail, their upper portions bent to receive the flange of the railan'd embrace the web, lying flush therewith; their lower ends bent atright angles, and adjusted nearer to or further from each other by meansof the screw a and nut b, the projecting lportion of thecurved upperpart under the ange of the railresting upon thefties, as hereindescribed for the'purpose specied.

B. J.' ROMAINE.

Witnesses: l l, WILLIAM HAYLEN, ,i GILLIAM' J. .Rectum

